Refugees queue at the UNHCR field office for tents allocation at Ifo camp, Dadaab, eastern Kenya. Drought in the Sahel region has brought hunger to millions of people for the third time in recent years. (John Ndiku/OCHA)
UN Bodies
- General Assembly Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)
Documents, press releases, related links. - Economic and Social Council
Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (ECOSOC Resolution 2008/36) - United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
News, resources, press releases, documents. - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Overview, mandate, news, multimedia, publications, speeches. - World Food Programme (WFP)
Overview, news, current operations. - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Country information, appeals and funding, resources, links and documents.
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Overview, latest news, key publications.
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
Programmes, work, countries, events, partners, publications.
- Interagency Standing Committee (IASC)
Unique inter-agency forum for coordination, policy development and decision- making involving key UN and non-UN humanitarian partners. - Executive Committee on Humanitarian Affairs (ECHA)
Enhancing coordination among UN agencies.
Thematic Issues
- Climate Change
Coping with the humanitarian impact - videos, slideshow, tools and services, funding and finance.
- Demining
Overview, academic institutions, documents, treaties and law.
- Early Warning
Overview, resources, meetings and conferences, documents.
- Global Food Security
Background information, key documents, key events, useful links.
- Humanitarian Response Coordination
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee - principles, subsidiary bodies, documents and products.
- Human Security
The UN Trust Fund for Human Security - projects, guidelines, Advisory Board, protection and displacements.
- Human Settlements
Programmes, countries, publications, resources, events, media center.
- Impact of Sanctions
Sanctions assessment handbook.
- Internally Displaced Persons
Guiding principles, areas of work, human security.
- Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
Issues, workshops, background, statements, reports.
- Question of Palestine
Overview, latest news, programmes, publications, statistics.
Other Resources
- ReliefWeb
Map Centre, countries and emergencies, latest natural disasters, policy and issues. - Humanitarian News and Analysis (IRIN)
- World Humanitarian Day
- World Refugee Day
- International Day for Disaster Reduction